Tunisia’s President Kais Saied (R) receives Ennahda leader and parliament speaker Rached Ghannouchi at the presidential…
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Tunisia coup: What’s happening and how did we get here?
Supporters of Tunisia’s President Kais Saied chant slogans denouncing the country’s main Islamist Ennahda party in…
Saudi Arabia: Rights group claims children of crown prince enemy imprisoned as ‘leverage’
Saad al-Jabri sued Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (above) in the US Federal Court, alleging that the…
The bombs rain down as I visit the Idlib frontlines, and witness the atrocities committed against civilians by NATO-backed terror by Vanessa Beeley
A young child injured during a recent attack on homes in Jurin, a Syrian village near…
Women abused and detained in UAE accuse UK of ‘complicity’ By Alex MacDonald
People walk past Dubai’s courts during a hearing on 4 April 2010 in the case of…
Egypt: Activist Esraa Abdel Fattah freed after nearly two years without trial
Abdel Fattah’s detention sparked international condemnation, with the United States calling it ‘scandalous’ (AFP) Abdel…
UAE political prisoner has been in solitary confinement for years: Report
In letters dated November 2020, Ahmed Mansoor says he is prohibited from talking to other detainees,…
Torture and abuse in Egypt’s prisons fuel Islamic State recruitment, rights group says
Human rights groups estimate that Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has jailed more than 60,000 people…
Iraq’s streets are littered with the memories of our dead by Nabil Salih
A graffiti mural drawn by anti-government protesters along the walls of a traffic tunnel in the…
THE ANGRY ARAB: How Western Media Came to Mirror That of Gulf Despots By As`ad AbuKhalil
June 2017: Gen Joseph L. Vote, commander of the U.S. Central Command, with members of the…
Saudi Arabia: New evidence of torture of female political prisoners
Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul pictured on her way to the state security court in Riyadh on…
Leaked docs reveal senior MI6 operative implicated in torture led British propaganda efforts in Syria By Kit Klarenberg
Millions was spent clandestinely setting up and paying a network of ‘journalists’ to pump out anti-Assad,…
Saudi prince let his children ‘spit at maids’ at Paris residence: Report
Allegations a Saudi prince “let his children spit in his maids’ faces” have emerged amid an investigation into claims…
‘Abhorrent’: Rights advocates denounce US welcome for Saudi prince
Meetings between Prince Khalid and high-level US officials were focused on Riyadh’s regional security and US-Saudi…
Egyptian prisoners die 1,000 times in detention
They die 1,000 times. This is how I describe the lives of those who have been…
Yemen war: Britain cannot be both arms dealer and peacemaker by Peter Oborne
It’s been more than six years since Saudi Arabia assembled its coalition of Arab states to…
Egypt: The Muslim Brotherhood execution frenzy needs to stop by Amr Magdi
Senior Muslim Brotherhood member Mohamed el-Beltagi is seen behind bars during a verdict and sentencing session…
Wahhabism to ISIS: how Saudi Arabia exported the main source of global terrorism BY KAREN ARMSTRONG
Although IS is certainly an Islamic movement, it is neither typical nor mired in the distant…